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Sen. Irwin Bill to Stop Michigan from Taking Foster Kids’ Money Passes Senate
Senate Bill 872 would end state seizure of foster kids’ benefits, secure assets for when they age out of system LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 7, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate unanimously passed legislation, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), to end the state’s...
Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee Passes Bills to Protect Michigan Families Struggling with Debt
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 23, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection voted to pass Senate Bills 408 and 409, a comprehensive bill package that modernizes the state’s consumer debt garnishment law and bankruptcy...
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Dear Neighbor, I want to provide you with some information about what has been going on in our state government as well as update you on what I have been working on in the Michigan Legislature. In this e-news, you can find information about: Upcoming Coffee Hour...
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Proposed cuts to food assistance will hurt kids, older adults, and our state budget.
Parents of kids shouldn't get cut off when their kids are older and hungrier and older adults shouldn't be cut off, forcing them to choose between rising costs for food, medicine, and housing.
What's more, Republicans are proposing to hit states with hundreds of millions of dollars in new costs for the food assistance program. Republican's new bureaucratic costs are going to make it harder for states to fill these holes in food assistance as well as the holes in our roads or our education budgets.
www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/house-reconciliation-bill-proposes-deepest-snap-cut-in-hist.... ... See MoreSee Less
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Michigan needs to follow through on our new literacy laws. Last year, we passed literacy legislation that weaves the science of reading into early elementary reading instruction.
Now, we need a budget that follows through on the training, literacy coaches, and high-quality literacy materials that we need. Unfortunately, the House proposes to cut these funds, leaving districts to haphazardly invest in literacy, or not.
I hope and expect that the huge bipartisan support for this crucial legislation last fall means that we can count on these resources being included in the final budget. ... See MoreSee Less
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Michigan needs better protections from pollution. Our laws allow polluters to keep their discharges secret and allows polluters to manage exposure rather than a real cleanup.
We need to close these loopholes because people have a right to know about pollution released in their neighborhoods and we need to require better cleanups to remove pollution rather than leaving it for future generations.
Here is my full testimony explaining our polluter accountability legislation. ... See MoreSee Less
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